We continue with new details on the takeover of Activision by Microsoft. If you are one of those who follow the acquisition process, you surely know that the situation is currently blocked and that the courts are the main actors who must decide on this complex process.
Microsoft maintaining its script from the beginning, again explained that it does not know the launch cycles of the next Call Of Duty as well as what its development consists of or the studies it involves. With this argument, Microsoft wants to explain to the FTC that they have no concrete idea about the Call Of Duty audience. We remind you that the FTC has taken Microsoft to court to try to prevent the takeover of Activision.
Microsoft doesn’t know when the next Call Of Duty will arrive
Microsoft does not have the tools to get an accurate idea of the public’s perception of Call of Duty. You don’t even know the release date of the new Call of Duty, you don’t know anything about release practices, and you don’t know the exact planning of the work activities required to carry out the franchise. You don’t even know how many studios are working on Call of Duty.
With the quote above, what Microsoft wants to explain is that they have no idea the impact of game development and the rewards they can get from it. In this way, they are asking the FTC to take their arguments into account and to stop ignoring the many writings they have shared in an attempt to rectify the situation.
The FTC has asserted that Call of Duty is a popular, profitable, and successful video game franchise. Microsoft’s response is that they have no knowledge of Call of Duty revenue and demand all provisioning. Extremely mean and petty. pic.twitter.com/ISZFv7bs9K
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) December 23, 2022
